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The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first to repeat it was possibly an idiot. (Salvador Dalí)
The only person with whom you have to compare ourselves, is that you in the past. And the only per-son better you should be, this is who you are now. View quote
Sigmund Freud
Those who compare the age in which their lot has fallen with a golden age which exists only in imagination, may talk of degeneracy and decay; but no man who is correctly informed as to the past, will be disposed to take a morose or desponding view of the present. View quote
Thomas Babington Macaulay
I have never tried to compare myself to anyone else. View quote
Sachin Tendulkar
There are few joys to compare with the telling of a well-told tale. View quote
Charles de Lint
Texas will again lift its head and stand among the nations. it ought to do so, for no country upon the globe can compare with it in natural advantages. View quote
Sam Houston
To sit alone in the lamplight with a book spread out before you, and hold intimate converse with men of unseen generations - such is a pleasure beyond compare. View quote
Yoshida Kenkō
Never compare one person with another: comparisons are odious. View quote
Teresa of Ávila
Fly fishing may be a very pleasant amusement but angling or float fishing I can only compare to a stick and a string, with a worm at one end and a fool at the other. View quote
Samuel Johnson
It's a pity one can't imagine what one can't compare to anything. Genius is an African who dreams up snow. View quote
Vladimir Nabokov
I must create a system or be enslaved by another mans; I will not reason and compare: my business is to create. (William Blake)
An act of goodness is of itself an act of happiness. No reward coming after the event can compare with the sweet reward that went with it. View quote
Maurice Maeterlinck
Even Kings and emperors with heaps of wealth and vast dominion cannot compare with an ant filled with the love of God. View quote
Guru Nanak Dev
When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you. View quote
Laozi
You cannot compare your athletic achievement to the importance of children and giving them a safe environment in which to grow up and enjoy life. View quote
Steffi Graf
If you compare my character to the others, they were sexy with designer clothes. I had the nerdy outfit. View quote
Izabella Scorupco
To compare great things with small. View quote
Virgil
I certainly wouldn't compare the rewards of watching one's children grow and mature with that of money piling up at the box office. Both are pleasant, but to varying degrees. As the old saying goes, you can't take an audience home with you. You can't depend on the loyalty of fans, who, after all is said and done, are just faceless people one seldom sees. And few stars have their fans forever. But a child is forever. That bond and relationship is timeless and doesn't depend on your looks, age or popularity at the moment. View quote
Julie Andrews
Without feelings insignificant decisions become excruciating attempts to compare endless arrays of inconsequential things. It's just easier to handle those with emotions. View quote
Ann Leckie
If you take a bale of hay and tie it to the tail of a mule and then strike a match and set the bale of hay on fire, and if you then compare the energy expended shortly thereafter by the mule with the energy expended by yourself in the striking of the match, you will understand the concept of amplification. View quote
William Shockley
For me writing is a question of finding a certain rhythm. I compare it to the rhythms of jazz. (Françoise Sagan)
What I compare bike lanes to is swimming with the sharks. Sooner or later you're going to get bitten... Roads are built for buses, cars, and trucks, not for people on bikes. My heart bleeds for them when I hear someone gets killed, but it's their own fault at the end of the day. View quote
Rob Ford
We can compare classical chess and rapid chess with theatre and cinema - some actors don't like the latter and prefer to work in the theatre. View quote
Boris Spassky
Each department and institution has its own authorities and responsibilities, and they act on that basis. It is wrong to even compare such actions to what is done in Guantanamo or elsewhere by the Americans. They do not stand on a high moral platform to preach to others. View quote
Hashemi Rafsanjani
Advanced Courses are the most valuable service on the planet. Life insurance, houses, cars, stocks, bonds, college savings, all are transitory and impermanent ... There is nothing to compare with Advanced Courses. They are infinitely valuable and transcend time itself. View quote
L. Ron Hubbard